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Drinking water

The safety and accessibility of drinking-water are major concerns throughout the world. Health risks may arise from consumption of water contaminated with infectious agents, toxic chemicals, and radiological hazards. Improving access to safe drinking-water can result in tangible improvements to health

RELATED SITES

- International Network to Promote Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage
- Water for health (Eastern Mediterranean Region)
- Drinking water (European Region)
- Water (South-East Asia Region)
- WHO and the Millennium Development Goals

FACT SHEETS

- Arsenic in drinking water
- Bottled drinking water

PUBLICATIONS

- Guidelines for drinking water quality

RELATED LINKS

- Small community water supply management
- Drinking water quality
- Disease outbreaks: enterohaemorrhagic escherischia coli infection
- Disease outbreaks: ehec (E.Coli 0157)
- Arsenic in drinking water